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ST. BARNABAS, LINTHORPE Making Disciples for Life ST BARNABAS CHURCH, LINTHORPE ST BARNABAS CHURCH, LINTHORPE ST. BARNABAS, LINTHORPE Making Disciples For life ST BARNABAS CHURCH, LINTHORPE ST BARNABAS CHURCH, LINTHORPE 4 16 The Bishop's Introduction What We Do The Right Reverend Paul Ferguson, Bishop of Whitby The services, groups, and mission 6 24 Welcome Where We're Going The opportunities the future presents us 8 28 Who We Are Ready to roll The escence of who we are as a Church family What next Contents 2 3 ST BARNABAS CHURCH, LINTHORPE ST BARNABAS CHURCH, LINTHORPE Bishop's life. We would envisage St Barnabas’ potentially being a Introduction significant hub for this aspect of mission in the future. This post is an opportunity for a collaborative servant leader who will love the people for whom St Barnabas’ is — The Right Reverend Paul Ferguson or will be — their spiritual home; one who will appreciate Bishop of Whitby the community of the parish and understand what makes Middlesbrough a great place to be; and one who is, first and foremost, a friend of Jesus who deeply desires to see others grow in faith and whose daily prayer is that God’s Kingdom may be a reality for the people of the parish. Thank you for your interest in the post of Vicar of St Barnabas’. I hope that if you sense that God is calling you to be the next vicar of St Barnabas’ you will contact us. St Barnabas’ is a flourishing diverse church family — numerically the largest in the Archdeaconry of Cleveland. Paul Whitby This is an evangelical parish with a wonderful living tradition of worship, Christian nurture, and community involvement. There have been significant and exciting developments during the recently-retired vicar’s twenty years here. The For an informal conversation please contact one of the people are eager to build on them, to pray and work with following: their new vicar, and be led by God into the next phase of the • The Rt Revd Paul Ferguson, Bishop of Whitby (01642 parish’s life. 593273) St Barnabas’ serves an area of Middlesbrough with a variety • The Ven Samantha Rushton, Archdeacon of Cleveland of housing, with lifelong residents, others who reflect the (01642 706095) town’s changing population, the town’s welcome to asylum seekers and refugees, and of course its many students. In • The Revd Dominic Black, Area Dean of Middlesbrough addition, because of its distinctive evangelical voice, the (01642 271814) church attracts worshippers from a wide area. Appointment is subject to a satisfactory Enhanced DBS The Diocese of York has identified strategic goals, among disclosure. which is Reaching those we currently don’t, with an emphasis on young adults (20s-40s) and people living in The closing date for applications is 1200 on Monday 9 July. poverty — both being under-represented in the Diocese’s Interviews will be on Thursday 19 July. 4 5 ST BARNABAS CHURCH, LINTHORPE ST BARNABAS CHURCH, LINTHORPE Welcome St Barnabas is a lively evangelical church, blessed by gifted and passionate preachers open to the gifts of the Spirit. Our vision is through the years. We would certainly wish “Making Disciples for Life” which underpins for this to continue into the future. all that we do. Prayer upholds us and flows through the life of the church. To help us remain true to our vision and aims, we would hope to attract a new vicar We are a family church with a family who would be: atmosphere. We try to be welcoming and generous with the resources we have. There • A skilled enabler, to encourage us to are strong links between us and with the discover and develop our gifts to reach community we serve. Like all families, we our full potential like to preserve what works well and is still valuable, and at the same time, change, • Someone to challenge and work refresh, move with the times, and plan for alongside us as we reach out into our the future. community About 300 people attend regularly, of which • A gifted and inspirational communicator 275 are on the electoral roll. Less than half • A preacher and teacher of the Gospel of us live within the parish boundary, others are just outside the boundary or within a • A clear thinker, able to bring unity and few miles of the church. integration across the generations True to family life, our ages range from As you read this profile, we pray for you. newborns to the very elderly. About 30 energetic children and teenagers attend • That you, as another work in progress, church regularly but we have a much larger will see how the journey so far has fringe of families who attend special services shaped your own foundations. and midweek events. We have many gifted people among the congregation who give • That the talents, personality and skills their time and skills to the services, worship, you have to offer now, are held lightly activities and groups which run through the as gifts to be given to others. week. • And, St Barnabas aside, that God would One of our strengths has long been, and guide you to the right place, at the right is still, the quality and depth of Biblical time for the right reasons. and spiritual teaching. We have been very 6 7 ST BARNABAS CHURCH, LINTHORPE ST BARNABAS CHURCH, LINTHORPE the hope of Premiership football again at the Riverside … maybe next year! Middlesbrough boasts a first class teaching hospital, named after the explorer James Cook, a local lad who is Who We Are rightly celebrated for his achievements. On the border of St Barnabas’ parish is Teesside University, which has recently invested £270m in its campus and are expecting to invest a further £300m over the next 10 years, and the Cleveland Where on Earth? College of Art and Design. Part of our vision as a church is to build on our position as the obvious choice for evangelical Middlesbrough is an exciting place to be at the moment! student ministry in the town. In the 19th century, Middlesbrough was at the forefront of the One of the big attractions of the town is its location. industrial revolution, producing iron and steel for iconic structures Within an hour’s drive, we could be sitting on the beach around the world – for example, the Sydney Harbour bridge was at Sandsend or Whitby, tramping the North York Moors, or made in Middlesbrough! Today, even with the reduction in the iron, having tea in a picturesque teashop in the Yorkshire Dales. steel and chemical industries locally, Teesport is still the third largest We could be shopping in the city of York or at the Metro port in the UK, shipping goods all around the world. The recent Centre in Gateshead. Or we could be jumping on a plane investment of £500m in Middlesbrough has resulted in thousands of from Teesside or Newcastle airports. new jobs and revamped leisure and business facilities. New housing Middlesbrough was built primarily on Irish labour and areas are springing up to the south of the town attracting thousands St Barnabas so there is a strong Roman Catholic presence in the of new people to live here, not least because of the road and rail Linthorpe: St Barnabas infrastructure which makes this an ideal place Parish Boundary (43BLK390) to commute to Leeds, Newcastle, St Barnabas Durham, and York – all within an hour’s drive on good roads. A new indoor ski slope due to start construction this autumn is just one example of the kind of hopeful investment that is being attracted to this part of the country. And, of course, we still have 8 9 ST BARNABAS CHURCH, LINTHORPE ST BARNABAS CHURCH, LINTHORPE town. St Barnabas is one of only 2 evangelical parishes in Middlesbrough and so attracts worshippers from across the town. We have excellent ecumenical relationships throughout the town, not least due to the influence of Together Middlesbrough and Cleveland, a join CUF / Church of England enterprise which mobilises Christians to support mission work here in some of the most deprived parishes in the country. The new sense of hope here grows out of a place which has suffered significant deprivation over the past 20 years. The loss of the iron, steel and chemical industries has been a difficult burden to bear and there is serious poverty in many areas of the town including in the north of St Barnabas’ parish. In addition, Middlesbrough is home to one of the highest proportions of refugees and asylum seekers in the country. But the people of Middlesbrough are resilient, hospitable and faithful and there is a growing swell of optimism for the future. St Barnabas Church is a well-recognised building and sits on Linthorpe Road. Linthorpe is a popular residential area about a mile south of the town centre. The centre of Linthorpe is locally known as “The Village” and is just round the corner from St Barnabas. It has a friendly buzz about it, indeed it’s hard not to run into someone you know there, going to the shops, GP surgeries, cafes and pubs. Local housing ranges from terraced streets to large detached houses, reflecting the presence of deprivation and affluence, but in general, Linthorpe has a leafy neighbourly feel. Local schools are well rated with the Ofsted inspectors and are in walking distance for most homes. Ayresome and Linthorpe Community Primary Schools lie within the parish boundaries and both engage with the church. There is also a Roman Catholic primary school within the parish, all feeding into five secondary schools in the town. 10 11 ST BARNABAS CHURCH, LINTHORPE ST BARNABAS CHURCH, LINTHORPE Clergy and Staff Organisation Sam Tyndall is our curate and joined us with his young family in July 2016.
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